Category: Editorials

Care for your and others’ lives too

By Vijay Darda | 22-02-2021 Government should also provide vaccines for the private sector and initiate strict action against careless people As the New Year dawned, it looked like that the corona virus pandemic was now tapering out. The number of Covid positive patients was declining rapidly and the death count was also going down, but by mid-February, reports of

Let this bonhomie percolate to politics

  By Vijay Darda | 15-02-2021 Ghulam Nabi Azad and Prime Minister Modi’s speeches in Rajya Sabha displayed the highest level of parliamentary maturity My friendship with Ghulam Nabi Azad might be some three decades old and the biggest reason for this closeness is his charming personality. Another major reason is his preoccupation with the development of the country. Ghulam

Imran’s promised neverland

By Vijay Darda | 08-02-2021 Pandering to extremists, ruining economy, Pak PM is running out of time There was euphoria when Imran Khan left the cricket field and came to bat on the political pitch — the world felt that Pakistan had found a politician with the ability to get the country out of the quagmire it was in. Just

Fruits of Budget must reach the common man

By Vijay Darda | 01-02-2021. The Covid-19 pandemic has picked everybody’s pocket and ruined the economy. Let’s nurse a hope for a better future Preparing this year’s Budget must not have been an easy task because the Covid-19 pandemic has ruined the country’s economy. Industries, which have been stagnant for months, have still not recovered. Crores of people have not

Temple of democracy should always be open

  By Vijay Darda | 21-12-2020. No matter how serious and extraordinary the circumstances, it’s not proper to suspend any session of Parliament. The government’s announcement that the winter session of Parliament will not be held has shocked one and all. Naturally, opposition parties have flayed this move in one voice but it does not appear that the government is

Why has muscle power politics become a norm?

  By Vijay Darda | 14-12-2020. There is no place for violence in a democracy but the history of violence is being repeated in West Bengal. The present state of politics in West Bengal is quite frightening. The language of ‘lathi and not democracy, is being spoken there. During the leftist’s era, street violence had become a norm but this

Will ‘secular’ parties be able to fight RSS and BJP?

  By Vijay Darda | 07-12-2020. Unstable Congress and weak Opposition… and our secular country creaking under its weight! The BJP grabbed the attention of the entire nation for the way it contested the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation election. This was for the first time that the national leadership of the BJP had deployed its full strength in a municipal

Why not one election when nation is one?

  By Vijay Darda | 30-11-2020. Till 1967, the Assembly elections were held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha, but politics changed this system. Prime Minister Narendra Modi already has a majority in the Lok Sabha and will soon have one in the Rajya Sabha too. Therefore, it appears certain that he will realise the idea of ‘one nation one election’.

The year that held the mirror to mankind

By Vijay Darda | 28-12-2020. The year 2020 was a dreadful year but it also taught humanity a lot The year 2020 is coming to an end. Hardly anyone would like to remember this year, but it is also true that history will not forget it. It created and instilled such a terror in everyone’s mind, irrespective of caste, religion

‘Happy Health Year’ to every sector

By Vijay Darda | 04-01-2021. The coronavirus outbreak not only frightened the common man but also destroyed the health of the industry. At the outset, I would like to convey unlimited good wishes for the New Year and best wishes for the future. As I wrote in the previous column, the year 2020 was fraught with challenges. It was the